Jump-seat carriage



(No Model.)

D. E. GALE; JUMB SEAT CARRIAGE. No. 296,400. Patented Apr. 8, I884.

UNITED STATES ATENI tries,

DUDLEY E. GALE, OF SALISBURY, MASSACHUSETTS.

JUMP-SEAT CARRIAGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 296,400, dated April 8, 1884.

Application filed May 14, 1883.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DUDLEY E. GALE, of Salisbury, in the State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in J limp-Seat Carriages, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of vehicles known as jump-seat carriages; and it consists in the construction and, combination of the divers devices embodied therein, as hereinafter more particularly and fully set forth and claimed, my present invention'being an improvement upon that shown, described, and claimed in United States Letters Patent No. 204,891, issued to me on the 18th day of June, 1878.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation showing the right-hand side of a carriage as viewed from the left-hand of such carriage, with the seats thereto connected by my improved devices, said seats being both shown as in position for use, the front and rear portion of the body of the carriage being broken away. Fig. 2 is a view like Fig. 1, except that the rear seat is shown as jumped forward, and the front seat is shown as turned down beneath the rear one. Fig. 3 is a detached section taken transversely to the plane of the side of the body and seat, and as on line In saidviews, arepresents the sidesill of the body A. b is the back or rear seat, and c is the front seat, which latter is rigidly secured upon the top of standard d, which is pivot-ed at 3'. Seat?) is connected with the body by one or more jumping-irons, e, which are pivoted at k to base 6 of the seat, and at k to sill a. A jointed standard, f, is pivoted by its upper section, f, at g, to standard cl, while its lower section, f, is pivoted at gto sill a. A connecting-rod, h, is pivoted to section f at g, and to e at h, whereby when seat bis jumped forward seat 0 will be turned down, as shown in Fig. 2.

In my aforesaid patent the same number of parts are employed as are herein shown; but the arrangement and operation thereof are unlike my present invention in this, that pivot h of jumping-iron e is arranged above the pivot h of rod is, and is necessarily in that part of the body shown by standard 2' in the present drawings, while pivot g (No model.)

was arranged in section f of standard-f above instead of below pivot g, as I now arrange it. Such former arrangement of parts caused severe and injurious strain upon standard 6, and, besides, the front end of rod h,when entering at the side of the vehicle, constituted an objectionable obstruction to the feet of the person so entering. As shown in my saidformer patent,the force exerted upon the connectingrod h when jumping the rear seat forward was a tensile strain, while as shown in my present drawings the force exerted upon said rod is a pushing or compressive force,and the pivots or fulcra g and 71/, through which said force is applied, are both attached directly to sill a. W'hen but one jumping-iron e is employed with the rear seat, the latter is somewhat liable to be turned backward by the sudden starting of the horse and throwing the occupants oif their balance; and when two such jumping-irons are employed the wear upon the pivot-bolts will in time allow the seat a slight rising motion from the body, which is objectionable; and to firmly lock the seat in position when it is in either the front or rear position, I have invented the devices shown, which are described as follows: Ailat spring, Z, is secured to base e of seat b, either by means of a small metallic plate, m, which is secured to the base by screws, and to which the spring is pivotally attached by rivet n, or the spring may be directly secured to, the base by a screw. At the opposite or free end of 8 said spring is secured a knob, 12, the shank of which extends through the spring, and on it is secured a sleeve, so as to form a stud of sufficient size and length to enter aseat, u, formed in standard z to hold the seat in position. This deviceis of course duplicated at each side of the seat, and its operation-is both simple and efiective, and will be readily understood from an inspection of the drawings,

the action of the springs tending to engage stud t in seats a when the seat is in either a rear or front position for use,and the knobs p serving as the means by which the springs are drawn away from the sides of the body to withdraw studs 15 from their seats a when it is desired to jump the seat. This device is simple in form, always in position for use, easily inanipulated, automatic in its engagement, and 2. In combination with seat I) and body A,

effective in its operation. the spring Z, secured to base 6 of the seat, and I claim as my invention provided with the actuating-knob p and stud 1. The combination of body A, seats b c, t, to engage seat a in the body, substantially 5 standard (1, jointed support f, jumping-iron e, as specified.

and connecting-rod h, with said rod pivoted at its rear end to j umping-iron e at h, above pivot h, and having its front end pivoted to \Vitnesses:

seotionf of support f at below pivot WILLIAM HALLEY,

10 substantially as specified. REED S. WILLIAMs.

DUDLEY E. GALE. 

